If your power starts to fail on you, this will get on AIM and tell you. You need an AIM screenname. 
use Net::AIM;

$screenname = ''; # the screenname to connect with
$password = ''; # the password to connect with
$ownersn = ''; # the screenname to have your bot notify

$SIG{PWR} = \&PWR_handler;

sub PWR_handler {
  $aim = new Net::AIM;
  $aim->newconn(Screenname => $screenname, Password => $password) or d
+ie 'Can\'t connect to AIM server.\n';
  $conn = $aim->getconn();
  $aim->start;
  $conn->send_im($ownersn, 'My power supply is failing. Please come an
+d save me!');
  exit;
}

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